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US 8,554,992 B2Granted
Automatic media readying system and method for a optical medium with file systems
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAllen J. Piepho
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Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a computer system comprises application logic executable to search an optical medium for at least one type of file system that may be resident on the optical medium. In response to identifying the presence of at least one type of file system resident on the optical medium, the system readies a media driver of an apparatus to make the at least one file system available for access.
Claims17
An appliance, comprising:
- memory;
- and
- logic coupled to the memory, the logic determines whether a type of a file residing on a removable storage medium is consistent or inconsistent with an expected file type;
- wherein the logic readies the removable storage medium for use based on the type of file residing on the removable storage medium being consistent with the ex expected file type.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, by hardware logic a type of a file on a removable storage medium;
- determining, by the hardware logic, whether the file type is consistent or inconsistent with an expected file type;
- and
- enabling b the hardware logic, the removable storage medium to be used by the appliance based on determining that the type of file on the removable storage medium is consistent with the expected file type.
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A non-transitory storage device containing software that, when executed:
- determines a type of a file on a removable storage medium;
- determines whether the file type is consistent or inconsistent with an expected file type;
- and
- readies the removable storage medium for access based on the type of file on the removable storage medium being consistent with the expected file type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.